Fortnite offline
Fortnite is offline today: The developer studio Epic Games is carrying out maintenance work lasting several hours on the morning of August 3, 2021. The reason for this is the release of the 5.30 p.m. update for the Battle Royale shooter. Work has been going on since 7:30 a.m. and, according to current plans, should take around three hours. Based on the experience of previous server work, however, it can be assumed that you will not bea> able to plunge into the battles again until noon. In addition, there may be delays due to technical problems.So far, Epic Games has not published any patch notes for the 17.30 update from Fortnite (buy now 37.95 €), which is usually only after the server has been restarted happens. However, there are already some indications. The development team recently tweeted something about a "UFO in your hands". This is apparently some kind of alien equipment that should allow you to interact with stones, walls, cars and other objects. It could be the Grab-Itron item that Dataminers had previously detected, which works like a kind of grappling hook.
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Fortnite update 17.30 PATCH NOTES, downtime, GRABI-TRON, Suicide Squad, Ariana Grande
UPDATE: Fortnite is offline for server maintenance as part of update 17.30.
The news was announced by Epic Games, alongside plans to confirm when server downtime ends later this morning.
'We're beginning to disable services in preparation for the v17.30 update, with server downtime beginning soon. We’ll let you all know when downtime has ended!'
With the update files hitting the Fortnite servers, fans have discovered details of a new LTM, as well as Suicide Squad items.
As part of the Super Knockback LTM, players can jump around and receive no fall damage. You'll need to emote to heal yourself, and have to search supply drops for special surprises.
You can see some of the Suicide Squad sprays in the Hypex tweet below.
ORIGINAL: Fortnite Battle Royale fans are counting down to the release of update 17.30.
After taking a short break at the start of summer, Epic Games is back with a bang, releasing update after update on consoles, PC and mobile.
The new update will launch alongside a period of server downtime on the morning of August 3.
The servers will begin to be taken offline at 6.30am BST UK time. The game will go offline in full at 7am.
While there's no official end time for the server maintenance, fans can expect the game to come back online by 10am BST at the latest.
According to an Epic teaser on Twitter, the new update will introduce the GRABI-TRON weapon.
'Get ready to grab the new update we’re pushing,' reads an Epic tweet. 'Fortnite v17.30 is scheduled to release on August 3. In preparation for the update, services will be disabled starting at approx. 01:30 AM ET (05:30 UTC).'
In addition to the GRABI-TRON weapon, Epic will lay the foundations for the Ariana Grande concert, as well as the UFO abduction event.
The full list of update 17.30 patch notes can be seen below.
Fortnite update 17.30 General Fixes...
• Some Wraps do not display properly on the Show Your Style Set.
- Some Wraps with Reactive or Animated elements may not display properly on the Show Your Style set. We have fixes coming for all currently known issues in future builds and will continue monitoring as new reports arise.
• Radio not playing in vehicles.
- The radio inside vehicles may not play.
• Unable to perform Last Forever Emote.
- Players may be unable to perform the Last Forever Emote after selecting it.
Fortnite update 17.30 Battle Royale Fixes...
• Vehicles driving erratically, caused by player in control being in Prop state.
- Vehicles can drive erratically, caused by the player in control being in a Prop state.
• Cosmic Chest timers may remain on screen if a Bounty is poached.
- Players may continue to see the Cosmic Chest timer at 0:00 if they have an active Bounty that is poached by an enemy player while they are opening the chest.
Fortnite update 17.30 Creative Fixes...
• Latency issues on XL Islands.
- We’re investigating an issue in Creative Mode that is causing players to experience latency issues when building on an XL Island.
• Players do not bounce if they land in the center of Crash Pads
- We're investigating an issue that is causing players to not bounce if they land in the centre of a crash pad.
• Grass with Epic settings
- Grass on Epic settings does not display properly and has dark shadows
• Vehicle explosion not properly triggered with 'Destroyed with Transmit' on.
- A vehicle's explosion is not properly triggered when 'Is Destroyed with Transmit' is set to ON.
• ATKs bounce and jitter unexpectedly when starting to drive.
- We're investigating an issue that is causing ATKs to bounce when driving.
• Vehicle memory too high.
- We're investigating an issue that is causing vehicles in Creative mode to use more memory than intended.
Fortnite update 17.30 Switch and Mobile Fixes...
• White Rectangle appears on Rift Tour tab.
- We're investigating an issue that is causing a white rectangle to appear on the Rift Tour tab.